Rail-chair.



J, LAEUFER.

RAIL CHAIR. APPLIUATIUN FILED sEPT.14,1911.

Eatented Feb. 20, 1912.

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Tn all whom 'it-may concern:

JACOBLAEUFE, or LrMA, oH1o, Assreivon To nonnen n. mantener, or rrrmneiz,7

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BAIL-CHAIR.

Be it known' that I, JACOB LAEUFER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented new and `useful Imi provements in Rail-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

-This invention relates to improvements in rail chairs and it proposes a construction which is more especially applicable to eement or composition ties but which may be employed with advantage in. connection With wooden or metallic ties. A

The rail chair which forms the subject of the p resent invention is of such nature 'that the parts thereof are maintained with the greatest security in their operative relations. yet without the employment of any special fastening adjunctssuch as bolts, spikes, or

wedges. The relation of the coperating parts is, liturthermore, of such nature that the assemblage or the removal of a rail may be very quickly and conveniently elected. Ak further advantage rof the improved construction and which is especially realized in connection with cement or composition ties is that eiiicient provision is made for protecting the tie against the e'ects of shocks and wear. l y

An embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings, wherein l Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved railchair as in use; Fig. 2 shows the parts of the chair separately and in perspective, the separate parts being grouped in the .order of their assemblage; and Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the chair, showing the same applied to a tie.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts' throughout vthe sei/"eral vlews.

The drawings show the chair in its appli- -cation "o a cement or composition tie A which is suitably reinforced.

The rail B rests directly upon a plate 1 and is held in position by an overhanging lip 3, which is integrally fomed with said Vplate at one side thereof and by a second lip 4, said lips having clamping engagement with the vflanges of the rail. The lip 4.- is separably associated with the plate l and Specification 'of IiettersPatent.

i Appction led September 14,:1911.

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Patented Feb. 20, 1912. seriallno. 649,289.

is prvided with a flange 5 and with 'an oset 6, .and the flange 5 is positioned in a recess 8 inthe underface of the plate 1 .and which extends outwardly from the slot 7. The liange 5 is of a tapering section as it projects outwardly from said lip, for a purpose which will vhereafter appear. rlheplate 1 rests upon a saddle plate 9 which lits partly in a transverse 'recess 10 formed across vtlie upper end of the tie and which has at'its ends dependin'gvlanges 11 which against' the side faces of the ltie and thereby hold the. plate 9 against endwise movement. The plate 9 in turn rests upon a cushion plate 12 which' is preferably ofv wood, although a suitable composition may be' used. The plate 12 is also positioned in the recess 10 and is ot" less width than the-plate 9. The plates land 9 are held against movement by clamp members 13 and 14. The member 13 includes a lip 15 which 4engages over the l-ip 3; a laterally projecting liange 16 which rests upon the surface of the. tie; a rail bracing web 1-7 which is formed upon the flange 13 and the lip 15 and which extends under the tread of the rail and thereby assists in holding the latter against lateral displacement; a depending skeleton flange 18 which is embedded in the tie; and a ledge 19 which furnishes support for the plate 9. The

member 14 includes a lip 151 which engages a laterally projectingover .the plate 1; flange 16t which rests upon the surface of the tie; a depending skeleton iiange 13a which is embedded in the tie; and aledge 192L which is overhung by the lip 15` and which also furnishes Support for the plate The ledges 19 and 19at are recessed as at 2O andthe side edge portions of the plate 12ers positioned in the recesses 20,'the luglilze projections 21"at the ends of said recesses serving to hold the plate 12 against endwise movement. A.

lt is of course manifest that the side edge portions of the plates 1 and 9 are confined between the lip 15 andthe ledge 19 an'd between the lip 15a and the ledge 19E, and in this connection, it may be noted that the innervertical face of the member 14v is slightly corrugated as at 22 and that the faces of the plates 9 and'l which contact 55 the superposed plates, in which. case the Sto' say, the greater the load on the .rail the with the face' 2Q are corrugated to match the corrugations of the lat-ter. The plates land 9 are thus positively held againsty the lip l with its offset 6 and flange 5, thev clamping pressure of said lip Will vary in proportion to the load on the rail; that is greater Will be the engagement of the lip /1 upon the adjacent rail flange. This action results from the fact that the cushion plate 12 permits a slight downward yielding of the plate 1 consequent to a load on the rail, Which yielding action Will be greater throughout that portion of the plate 1 Which is immediately under the rail; and the edect of this yielding action vwill be to rock the lipi about the upper angle of the offset as a center, thereby causing saidv lip to bear With increased pressure upon the adjacent rail flange. It will, of course, be understood that the flange 5 to Which reference has been made, and the Width 'of the slot 7, is selected to provide for the rocking movement of' the lip l above explained.

In case the plate 1 should have any loose play, however slight or imperceptible, such loose play vwill be Without effect in causing undue Wear of the tie or of the cushion plate, as it Will be spentl upon the saddle plate 9 which, being rigid in its position, will thus protect the cushion plate. The ollice of the latter is to provide for such yielding movement of the chair as may be necessary to takenp shocks and vibrations and to otherwise provide for a smooth running of the cars.

It will, oli-course, be ap arent that the members 13..'aiid 14 will e ciently prevent any lateralpr endvvise movements of the parts associated therewith, z. e., of the plates '1, 9, and 12, not only byvreasonvo the relation between said members and said 'associated parts, but as Well by lreason of the form of the members, which is such that they are `most rigidly held and braced inl and .by the'4 tie andr y the parts which they lock.

While not strictly necessary, it may in some cases be desirable to positively connect plates 1 andi) are formed With suit-ably lo.- cated alining openings 23 through which 'spikes orpins maybe drivenyinto the-v plate 12s l j A In case it should be necessary. to remove a rail, this is effected by jacking the rail so' as totake its Weight from theplate' `1 and at'the same time torelievethe' pressure of the lip 4. The' plate 1 may thereupon be vslot and a flange which Lorena? driven endvvise from under thetrail by a series of sharp -blotvs imparted vvith any* suitable instrument orA agency. Having `Ifully described my invention I claim:

1. vIn a rail chair, a plate havi'ngla fixed flange engaging lip atone side thereof and having a longitudinal slot, a-flange engaging lip confronting the first namedw lip and having anV offset Which is disposed in the slot and a flange which projects from the offsetand is disposed'under the plate, and Y .a pair of clamp members adapted to be secured to a tie upon opposite sides of said plate to hold the latter against movement, one of said clamps having a lip which is 'adapted to engage and overlie the firstd named slip, and the other clamp having a lip which is adapted to engage the adjacent lside of the plate. Y

2. In a rail chair, a plate having a fixed angeengaging lip at one side thereof and having a longitudinal slot, a flange engaging lip confronting the first named lip and having an odset which is disposed in the slot and a'flange which projects from the' offset and is disposed under the plate, and a pair of clamp members adapted Fto be secured to a tie and to hold the plate against movement, each clamp member having a tie engaging flange, a supporting ledge, and a lip overhanging the ledge.

3. In a rail chair, a plate having a xed y flange engaging lip at one side thereof and having a longitudinal slot, a ilange engaghaving an offset Which is disposed Vin the offset and is disposed 'un er the plate, and a pair of clamp members yadapted to be secured to a tie and to hold the plate against movement, the plate having a Wedge shape and having a corrugamd side face and one of the clamp members having its facepon.

rugated to maththe corrugated .face of the plate.

j il. In a rail chair, a platehaving a lined l of clamp members adapted to be secured/.to A(atie and tol hold the plate against move. nient, and a second plat-ewhich .rests directly upon the ledges of the clamp mem bers and upon which the first plate rests, the second plate having end flanges which overlietliesides of the tie.

v5..-In a lrail chair, a plate having a fixed 7 flange engaging lip at oneside thereof and having a longitudinaltslot,l a dange engaginglip confronting the`r'st named lip and having an odset which isdisposed 1n the Aico ing lip confronting the first named lip and rejects, from the slot fai- Hangs jvvhich projects .from the- 'oset "and disposed under the plate,v a

pair of clamp members adapted to be secured to a tie ,and to hold the plate against A rectly u 6.v In a rail chair, aplate having a iixed4 iange engaging lip at one'sde'thereof and havlnga longitudinal slot, 'a iange engaging lip confronting the rst named :lipv and having an offset which is disposed in the slot and a iange which projects from the oil'set and is disposed *under`- the plate, a1

pair of clamp members adapted to be secured to altie and to hold the plate against movement, fa second plate which rests dion the ledges of the clamp members an upon which the first plate rests,

the second plate having en'd anges which overlie the sides of the tie, and a'cushion plate arranged under the second plate, the' ledges having 'recesses in which the side edge portionsvof the cushion plate fit..

7. In a rail chair, a plate having a` fixed flange engaging lip at one Vside thereof and. having a longitudinalslot, a lia-nge engaging lip confrontingthe rst namedlip andhavingv an offset which is disposed inthe slot and a flange "Whichprojects from the loffset. and is disposedl under the plate, a

pair of clamp members adapted. to be secured to a tie and-to hold the'plate against f movement, and supporting means for said plate, the supporting means including a cushioning element.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my -hand in presence lof two subscribing Witnesses.

JACOB LNEUFER. Vlitnesses;y

MERLE N. Pon,

FIRMIN.'

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